Pygmalion

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Pygmalion is a celebrated stage play by George Bernard Shaw that satirizes class distinctions through the transformation of a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady under the tutelage of a phonetics professor.

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instanceOf comedy
play
social satire
stage play
adaptedAs My Fair Lady
linked to: My Fair Lady (film)

Pygmalion (1938 film)
Pygmalion (television adaptations)
linked to: Pygmalion

Pygmalion (various radio adaptations)
linked to: Pygmalion
author George Bernard Shaw
basedOn Pygmalion (mythology)
linked to: Pygmalion myth
centralConflict power dynamics between teacher and pupil
tension between social class and individual identity
character Alfred Doolittle
linked to: Alfred P. Doolittle

Colonel Pickering
Eliza Doolittle
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Mrs. Higgins
Professor Henry Higgins
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReputation widely regarded as one of George Bernard Shaw's most famous plays
dramaticForm prose drama
firstEnglishPerformanceDate 1914-04-11
firstEnglishPerformancePlace His Majesty's Theatre, London
firstPerformanceDate 1913-04-11
firstPerformanceLanguage German
firstPerformancePlace Hofburg Theatre, Vienna
linked to: Burgtheater, Vienna
genre comedy
problem play
social satire
influenced 20th-century musical theatre
representations of class and speech in drama
inspiredBy Pygmalion (mythology)
linked to: Pygmalion myth
intendedEffect satire of British class system
language English
literaryMovement Edwardian drama
realism
mainTheme class distinctions
education and transformation
gender roles
language and identity
social mobility
notableAdaptation My Fair Lady (1964 film)
linked to: My Fair Lady (film)

My Fair Lady (stage musical)
plotSummary A phonetics professor transforms a Cockney flower girl into a woman who can pass as a duchess by teaching her refined speech and manners.
publicationDate 1913
setting London
linked to: London, England
structure five acts
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century
writer George Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw notableWork Pygmalion
My Fair Lady (stage musical) basedOn Pygmalion
subject linked to: My Fair Lady (film)
I Could Have Danced All Night basedOn Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (indirectly, via My Fair Lady)
linked to: Pygmalion
She's All That basedOn Pygmalion
Eliza appearsInWork Pygmalion
Pygmalion (1938 film) basedOn Pygmalion (play)
linked to: Pygmalion
Eliza Doolittle appearsIn Pygmalion
Eliza Doolittle firstAppearance Pygmalion (1913 play)
linked to: Pygmalion
Pygmalion adaptedAs Pygmalion (various radio adaptations)
linked to: Pygmalion
Pygmalion adaptedAs Pygmalion (television adaptations)
linked to: Pygmalion
Sybil Thorndike notableWork Pygmalion
Wendy Hiller notableWork Pygmalion
Selfie (TV series) basedOn Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
linked to: Pygmalion
The Makeover basedOn Pygmalion
Pinjra basedOn Pygmalion
Professor Henry Higgins basedOn Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
linked to: Pygmalion
Professor Henry Higgins firstAppearance Pygmalion (1913 play)
linked to: Pygmalion
Colonel Pickering appearsIn Pygmalion (play)
linked to: Pygmalion
Colonel Pickering firstAppearance Pygmalion (1913 play)
linked to: Pygmalion
Alfred P. Doolittle appearsIn Pygmalion
Alfred P. Doolittle adaptedFrom Pygmalion (play)
linked to: Pygmalion
Alfred P. Doolittle firstAppearance Pygmalion (1913 play)
linked to: Pygmalion
Wouldn't It Be Loverly basedOn Pygmalion
On the Street Where You Live basedOn Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
linked to: Pygmalion
"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" basedOnWork play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw
linked to: Pygmalion
My Fair Lady basedOn Pygmalion
subject linked to: Lerner and Loewe
He's All That inspiredBy Pygmalion
Gabriel Pascal notableWork Pygmalion
Gabriel Pascal produced Pygmalion
Pygmoelian titleParodyOf Pygmalion
subject linked to: "Pygmoelian"
Kara Tointon appearedIn Pygmalion (stage production)
linked to: Pygmalion
Mrs. Higgins appearsIn Pygmalion
Mrs. Higgins fictionalUniverse Pygmalion universe
linked to: Pygmalion
Mrs. Higgins firstAppearance play "Pygmalion" (1913)
linked to: Pygmalion
Mrs. Higgins appearsInAdaptationOf Pygmalion (various stage productions)
linked to: Pygmalion
Freddy Eynsford-Hill appearsIn Pygmalion
Freddy Eynsford-Hill basedOnWork Pygmalion (for My Fair Lady adaptation)
linked to: Pygmalion
Freddy Eynsford-Hill fictionalUniverse Pygmalion universe
linked to: Pygmalion
Isobel Elsom notableWork Pygmalion (stage production)
subject linked to: Isabel Elsie Reed
linked to: Pygmalion
Pygmalion myth hasLaterLiterarySource George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion
linked to: Pygmalion
Pygmalion myth inspiredWork George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion
linked to: Pygmalion
Just You Wait basedOn Pygmalion
Show Me basedOnWork Pygmalion